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Earl Calloway making a name in summer league

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

The NBA’s summer league is what it is — a bunch of first-and-second-year players desperately clawing for the last few spots on their team. Often, the effort is fruitless, and those players are sent back to the NBDL or to Europe to make that strong Euro currency. The dollar’s weak anyway. Who needs it?
So it […]

Bruce Weber: ‘Indiana Will Suck’

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Bruce Weber gave an oh-so-hilarious speech to a bunch of Illinois fans yesterday, and he closed with this gem:
- Weber, on the Big Ten race: “The league should be wide open and we can be right in the middle of it. I do know one thing, though. I think Indiana will suck. Don’t put that […]

Jordan Crawford not returning to IU

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Surprise, surprise: Jordan Crawford’s family has told new IU coach Tom Crean that Crawford won’t be returning to IU. The Herald Times’ diligent Chris Korman has the scoop.
Nice. That officially gives IU, what, two returning players next year? Three? I’m not joking: I honestly have no clue how many players the Hoosiers will suit up […]

Crean dismisses Brandon McGee for ‘negligence’

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

The exodus continues. Though exodus probably isn’t the best word, because that would imply that everybody leaving is doing so because they want to. Anyway, Brandon McGee is officially peaced. A release from IU media relations:
Indiana Men’s Basketball Coach Tom Crean announced today that freshman Brandon McGee (Chicago/Crane HS) has been dismissed from the program […]

Eli Holman speaks, sort of

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Tough day, and night, for Eli Holman, and he’s a released statement addressing it:
Last night and this morning I had the opportunity to apologize to Coach Crean and today I would like to extend that to everyone involved in the program for allowing my frustrations to get the best of me. I appreciate everything Indiana […]

Kelvin Sampson and Scott Skiles are your … Milwaukee Hoosiers!

Friday, April 25th, 2008

First, it was a guy that people talked about for the Indiana job, and who most fans were happy to see stay in the pros. Then it was a guy who had the Indiana job, and who most people were happy to see go. Funny how that works out.
Kelvin Sampson is close to finding his […]

Tom Crean is stuck in Bloomington forever

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Not exactly. But Crean’s deal does include a provision that will theoretically keep him from jumping ship any time soon:
Under a preliminary deal between Crean and the university, Crean would owe $3 million if he resigns in the first three years of an eight-year contract. The amount lowers to $2 million in years four and […]

On Dan Dakich and the dismissal at The Dagger

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Headline alliteration is my favorite kind.
Those of you interested, I wrote a quick post this morning discussing Dan Dakich’s huge huevos for dismissing Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis at the Dagger. Here’s a little taste:
The entire situation is incredibly weird: According to this report in the Indianapolis Star, the two players missed a meeting that […]

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